Three doormen over-reacted when they were taunted by drunken revellers in Bromsgrove on the day of the England v Denmark world cup football game, Worcester Crown Court heard.

The bouncers punched two of their tormentors in Worcester Road outside Hoolihans pub and the Euphoria nightclub on June 15 last year, said Malcolm Parkes, prosecuting.

Judge Ian Morris said the doormen lost their temper after provocation from two men, one of whom had been dealt with by magistrates for his part in the incident.

Craig Malpass, aged 20, of Bredon Avenue, New Farm estate, Stourbridge, his father Keith, 47, of Brook Crescent, Wollescote, and Chad Bharje, 23, of Two Gates Lane, Colley Gate, Halesowen, pleaded guilty to assault causing actual bodily harm.

Craig Malpass was sentenced to three months' detention. His father and Bharje were each ordered to do 200 hours of unpaid work for the community and pay £167 costs.

The court was shown a CCTV video where Nigel Miller, wearing a red England shirt and carrying a bugle, was seen taunting the doormen. He was punched to the ground and needed six stitches in a head wound.

He was fined £250 by magistrates and put on probation for racial harassment and common assault, said Mr Parkes.

In a second incident, Craig Malpass was seen to punch Adrian Summers, whose front teeth were chipped and he had a black eye.

Graham Cliff, defending, said Keith Malpass, who was a man of good character, had lost his temper in "a moment of madness". Michael Conry, for Bharje, said he had been the victim of racist taunting.

Peter Haynes, for Craig Malpass, pointed out that many people had been drinking from the early part of the day and this made them difficult to handle.

Malpass had been angered when he was hit on the head by the bugle as he came on the scene.

Judge Morris said the three should never work as doormen again but defence counsel said their clients had already made this decision.